Shelley Rigger (born March 23, 1962) is an American political scientist and author. She is the Brown Professor of Asian Politics at Davidson College, where she has also served since 2022 as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. She earned a Bachelor of Arts at Princeton University and a PhD at Harvard University. Books Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy (Routledge, 1999)Reviews of Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy include: From Opposition to Power: Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001)Reviews of From Opposition to Power: Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party include: Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse (2011)Reviews of Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse include: The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China’s Economic Rise (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021)Reviews of The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China’s Economic Rise include:

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